Written by Vernon Duke
Introd.: Verse
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It time to end my lonely holiday and bid the country a hasty farewell
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So on this gray and melancholy day I moveto a Manhatan hotel
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I dispose of my rosecolored chattels and prepare for my share of adventures and battles
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Here on the twenty seventh floor looking down on the city I hate and adore
Melody
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Autumn in New York why does it seem so inviting
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Autumn in New York it spells the thrill of first nighting
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Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds in canyons of steel,
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They're making me feel I'm home
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It's autumn in New York that brings a the promise of new love
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Autumn in New York is often mingled with pain
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Dreamers with empty hands my sigh for exotic lands
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It's autumn in New York it's good to live it again
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Autumn in New York the gleaming rooftops at sundown
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Will tell you that divinel
Autumn in New York it lifts you up when you rundown
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Jaded roués and gay divorcees who lunch at the Ritz
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Will tell you that it divinel
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This autumn in New York transforms the slums into Mayfair
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Autumn in New York you'll need no castles in Spain
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Lovers that bless the dark on benches in Central Park greet autumn in New York
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It's good to live it again in New York
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